Dell Comprehensive Guide on iDRAC 8 Default Login and User Authentication Configuration

Testing Active Directory Settings Using RACADM

To test the Active Directory settings, use the testfeature command. For more information, see the iDRAC8 RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.

Configuring Generic LDAP Users

iDRAC provides a generic solution to support Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)-based authentication. This feature does not require any schema extension on your directory services.

To make iDRAC LDAP implementation generic, the commonality between different directory services is utilized to group users and then map the user-group relationship. The directory service specific action is the schema. For example, they may have different attribute names for the group, user, and the link between the user and the group. These actions can be configured in iDRAC.

NOTE: The Smart Card based Two Factor Authentication (TFA) and the Single Sign-On (SSO) logins are not supported for generic LDAP Directory Service.

Related Links

Configuring Generic LDAP Directory Service Using iDRAC Web-Based Interface Configuring Generic LDAP Directory Service Using RACADM

Configuring Generic LDAP Directory Service Using iDRAC Web-Based Interface

To configure the generic LDAP directory service using Web interface:

NOTE: For information about the various fields, see the iDRAC Online Help.

1.In the iDRAC Web interface, go to Overview → iDRAC Settings → User Authentication → Directory Services → Generic LDAP Directory Service.

The Generic LDAP Configuration and Management page displays the current generic LDAP settings.

2.Click Configure Generic LDAP.

3.Optionally, enable certificate validation and upload the digital certificate used during initiation of SSL connections when communicating with a generic LDAP server.

NOTE: In this release, non-SSL port based LDAP bind is not supported. Only LDAP over SSL is supported.

4.Click Next.

The Generic LDAP Configuration and Management Step 2 of 3 page is displayed.

5.Enable generic LDAP authentication and specify the location information about generic LDAP servers and user accounts.

NOTE: If certificate validation is enabled, specify the LDAP Server’s FQDN and make sure that DNS is configured correctly under Overview → iDRAC Settings → Network.

NOTE: In this release, nested group is not supported. The firmware searches for the direct member of the group to match the user DN. Also, only single domain is supported. Cross domain is not supported.

6.Click Next.

The Generic LDAP Configuration and Management Step 3a of 3 page is displayed.

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